New COVID-19 cases outnumber recoveries in Interior for first time in a week

Sep 8, 2021 | 3:18 PM Pete McIntyre

The active COVID-19 case count for B.C.’s Interior is 1,793 after 272 new cases were reported in the region today, Sept. 8.

The active case counts for Interior Health rose by 81 compared to Tuesday, marking the first time new cases outpaced recoveries since Wednesday, Sept. 1.

The new cases were part of 814 in B.C., and there are now 5,550 active cases in the province.

Hospitalizations continued to climb on Wednesday. There are 261 individuals in hospital due to COVID-19 complications, 129 of whom are in intensive care.

The list of health-facility outbreak sites remained flat on Wednesday at 21, with 13 of those sites located in the interior.

Cottonwoods Care Centre (Kelowna): 19 residents, 10 staff, six deaths
David Lloyd Jones (Kelowna): 41 residents, 14 staff, seven deaths
Spring Valley Care Centre (Kelowna): 10 residents, four staff, two deaths
Sun Point Village (Kelowna): eight residents, one death
Village at Mill Creek – second floor (Kelowna): five residents, four staff
Brookhaven Care Centre (West Kelowna): 10 residents, nine staff, three deaths
Hillside Village (Salmon Arm): three residents, four staff
Kamloops Seniors Village (Kamloops): nine residents, four staff, one death
The Hamlets at Westsyde (Kamloops): three residents, three staff
Nicola Meadows (Merrit): four residents, three staff, one death
Hardy View Lodge (Grand Forks): one resident, one staff
Rose Wood Village (Trail): two residents
Joseph Creek Village (Cranbrook): five residents, four staff

The province reports that as of Sept. 8, 85.2 per cent of British Columbians over the age of 12 have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 77.7 per cent of eligible residents have received both jabs.

The province also noted that between Aug. 31 and Sept. 6, there had been 4,691 cases identified in the province. Those cases were found mainly in unvaccinated individuals, who made up 3,247, or 69.2 per cent, of the cases, while partially vaccinated accounted for 8.6 per cent, or 403 cases, and the remaining 1,041, or 22.2 per cent of cases, were those who are fully vaccinated.

Hospitalizations between Aug. 24 and Sept. 6 totaled 233, with 79 per cent, or 184, comprised of the non-vaccinated. A total of 16, or 6.9 per cent, of those hospitalizations were people who had just one dose of a vaccine, while the remaining 33, or 14.2 per cent, were those who had both jabs.